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MERS PUI Surveillance and Restrospective Identification in ESSENCE-FL, 2013-2015
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Human MERS-CoV was first reported in September 2012. Globally, all reported cases have been linked through travel to or residence in the Arabian Peninsula with the exception of cases associated with an outbreak involving multiple health care… read more… Human MERS-CoV was first reported in September 2012. Globally, all … of Korea ending in July 2015. While the majority of MERS-CoV cases have been reported in the Arabian Peninsula, … instances of secondary transmission. Two cases of MERS-CoV were exported to the United States and identified in May … -
Assessing Best Practices for Grouping and Analyzing Urgent Care Center (UCC) and Emergency Department (ED) Data Sources within Syndromic Surveillance Systems
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The Florida Department of Health (FDOH) electronically receives both urgent care center (UCC) data and hospital emergency department (ED) data from health care facilities in 43 of its 67 counties through its Electronic Surveillance System for the… read more… based on parsing of chief complaint data. The UCC data come from 22 urgent care centers located in Central Florida, and the ED data come from 161 hospitals located across the state. … based on parsing of chief complaint data. The UCC data come from 22 urgent care centers located in Central Florida, … -
Operational Experience: Integration of ASPR Data into ESSENCE-FL during the RNC
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Florida has implemented various surveillance methods to augment existing sources of surveillance data and enhance decision making with timely evidence based assessments to guide response efforts post-hurricanes. Historically, data collected from… read more… or response events. A new process was implemented for con- ducting surveillance to monitor injury and illness for … or response events. A new process was implemented for con- ducting surveillance to monitor injury and illness for … -
Florida’s ESSENCE system - from syndromic surveillance to routine epidemiologic analysis across syndromic and non-syndromic data sources
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Federal laws and national directives have focused attention on the development of more robust biosurveillance systems intended to detect events of public health interest in a timelier manner. Presidential Decision Directive 21 calls for integrated… read more… et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 44 identify clusters by the time … Health Threats Journal A Kite-Powell et al. 2011, 4:s89 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 45 … -
Public health surveillance after the Haiti earthquake: the Florida experience
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On 12 January 2010 at 1652 hours local time, an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale struck near the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince and created enormous devastation. Florida, as the state closest to Haiti, became an initial focal point… read more… et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 21 activities. In addition, the findings … Health Threats Journal A Kite-Powell et al. 2011, 4:s33 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 22 …